Read the 2024 Case Law Summaries.

A selection of references from the December 2024 issues of the Lexinfo Employment and Labour Law Alert.

The law does allow employers to dismiss employees for dishonesty. This is because dishonesty can destroy the ability of the employer...

Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states, in effect, that the employer should conduct an investigation and allow the employee ...

Every employer and every employee has the right to expect that the other is trustworthy...

Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act prohibits unfair discrimination against employees on the grounds of disability or illness...

Investigation of misconduct allegations is a crucial step in legally acceptable disciplinary action and cannot be bypassed. ..

The legal procedures that an employer is required to follow in implementing dismissals for misconduct, retrenchments and poor work...

What rights do employers have to discipline employees for misconduct perpetrated outside the workplace?...

Employers frequently suspect that serious misconduct has occurred but are unable to prove which employee or employees are responsible...